Lumenocity plans to go out with a bang

In its fourth and final year, Lumenocity has moved from outdoors at Washington Park to inside the Taft Theatre. There will also be a number of new events at the Lumenocity Block Party, which will be going on all weekend and is open to the public.
 
Lumenocity is Aug. 5-7, with Taft showtimes at 8 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. Aug. 5 and 2 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. Aug. 6-7.
 
The block party will be located on East Fifth Street between Sycamore and Broadway and will feature food trucks and a Rhinegeist beer booth with special Lumenocity Glow Ale. Different stations will be set up along the street with art, music, entertainment and family-friendly activities all weekend long.  
 
Stations include:

• Artist Jonathan Gibson will assemble a crowd-sourced community art project called Art of Parts 1-8 p.m. Aug. 7. Attendees can stop by and bid on sections of the artwork from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m, and then Gibson will cut up the piece and divvy up the shares. All process will go to the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Lumenocity.

• The Family Fun Zone will be just north of Fifth Street featuring a Lantern Station where you can create your own lantern using glow sticks. You can also wave your lantern and dance along with Cincy Brass and Pones Inc. in ArtsWave’s Lantern Parade at 9 p.m. Aug. 5.

• Created by students at the UC’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Instrument 112 will be an immersive and responsive installation that translates movement into light, sound and patterns of light.

• Antonio Violins will help out at the Music Lab, where kids of all ages can stop by and try out an instrument or two. No prior experience is required.

• Swing Set Drum Kit is a human-powered, one-man band. The swing is just like any other park swing, but its chains are connected to percussion instruments that go into action once you start swinging.

• VR Dome is a virtual reality headset with Google’s Tilt Brush technology that lets you “paint” the air. A 40-by-40-foot space will be set up in a parking lot at the corner of Fifth Street and Broadway for attendees to try out the technology. You must be 14 years or older to participate.

Even if you don’t have a ticket to Lumenocity, you can still catch the show. A 33-by-19-foot outdoor LED screen will be mounted at the east end of the block party for attendees to watch the Lumenocity performances at 9:40 p.m. Aug. 5 and 3:40 p.m. and 9:40 p.m. Aug. 6 and 7.
 
Limited tickets are still available for a variety of showtimes. You can purchase them here or stop by one of the above showtimes to watch the event on-screen at the block party.